Built-in telephone cabinet



March 15, 1927.

G. EVANS BUILT-IN TELEPHONE CABINET Filed Sept. 8, 1926 an ornamentallPatented Mar. 15, 1927.

UNITED STATES GEORGE EVANS, OF EL PASO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO EL PASO SASHAND DOOR COMPANY,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF EL PASO, TEXAS.

BUILT-IN TELEPHONE CABINET.

Application ined september s, 1926: serial No. 134,208.

IThis invention relates to a telephone cabinet which is intended to bebuilt-in to the room of a dwelling when constructed and is adaptcd toprovide a shelf for the battery and call bell which is, normallysubstantially closed, a shelf for the` telephone which is mainly open,and a lower compartment normall closed which may contain a directory andcan be swung to open position to furnish a shelf of lower level uponwhichl the telephonemay be placed. The whole cabinet may be constructedof wood and finished in accordance with the rest of the interior woodwork of the room in which it is placed.-

In the drawings:.A v

Figure 1 is a front view of the cabinet'.

Figure 2 is a. vertical section through the same. v Figure 3 is a crosssection on the line 3-3 oi Figure 1.

The two spaced walls of -the room are indicated at Afand B, and timbersC` are disclosed which space the walls A and B and between which islocated the cabinet.

The cabinet proper is formedof a back wall 1 and side walls 2 and isseparated into three compartmentslby division members 3 and 4 and has adoor 5. 4The front thereof is formed bya panel 6 having'openings cut outfor admission to the various compartments, which panel may be surroundedby trimmed member 7.v The front of the ca inet projects slightly fromthe wall B and actual relation between these parts may be varied toattain' the desired appearance.

The intermediate division member 4 is projected as shown at 8 and issupported near.. its center by a small bracket member tl. These parts,of course, may be of any desired ornamental appearance to match the trimof the wood work and the remaining portions oi" the cabinet.

The ,u per compartment is designed to contain t e call bell and batteryand has a closed: front 11 provided with perforations arranged in anornamental anel through which the sound of the bel may easily escape.The intermediate compartment 12 is open and may have an ornamentalportion 13 partially closing the upper part of the t of this comartment. The telebe phone D is intended to placed in this com- In thelower compartment is mounted a I box like member 14 which constitutes adoor 15 hinged to the lower part 6 of the cabinet by hinges 17andprovided with anornamental panel 16 and a knob 17 for opening andclosing the same. y This box, member is open at the top when it iswithinl the conl-` partment or at the front end when in the dotted lineposition of Figure 2, and is designed to contain a. telephone directory,memorandum pads orl the like. The rear wall 19 becomes the top when themember 'is swung totopen position and furnishes a support for thetelephone D upon which it may be placed and used by anyone sitting in a.chair. The bottom 2O of this box like members rests upon the floor 5'ofthe cabinet when in closed position` Hinged at 21 to the sides 2are'links 22 which are hinged at 23 to other links 24 which have theirfree ends pivoted at 25 to the sides of the box like member 14. vWhenthe member 14 is in closed position, these links fold as indicated inFigure 2, but when it is opened the pivot 23 swings outwardly anddownwardly until the links 22 and 24 take a straight line position.``These .two linksmay be providedwith engaging members which will preventany further swingin movement in this direction.

t is obvious that the invention provides a simple and compact cabinetwhich may be built-ir to the wall of any room as the dwelling .isconstructed or thereafter and which will provide an ornamental appelarfance. The telephone may be used by a per-` son standing w 'le the samerests u on the shelf formed by the division/4 an vextension 8. 1i theuser is seated, the box like member or bin 14 may be swung to openosition and the telephonev placed thereon. 'he directory and suitablescratch pads or memoranda may be kept hidden when not .in use. Theeneral finish oi the cabinet may be varied to conform with the wood workof the room in which it is its ornamental features may e varied widelywithout departing from the invention. Details of construction may bechanged and in general the invention is to regarded as limited only bythe scope of the appended laced and A ncontain the bell, theintermediate compart-l ment adapted to receive the telephone, and thelower compartment receiving a bin like member which is hinged at itslower end to the front of the casing and swings to open position topermit access thereto and to pro-l vide a support for the telephone.

2. built-in telephone cabinet comprising i the telephone.

a casing aldapted to be-setinto the wall of l5 a room and means dividingthe casing into a pluralityv of compartments arranged one above` theother, the uppencompartment having a generally open front and adapted toreceive the telephone,` and the lower com- I0 partment receiving a binlike member which 1s hinged at its lower end to the front of the casingand swings to open position to permit access thereto and In testimonywhereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

GEORGE EYANS.

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